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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thursday's 63-46 victory over Newman Prep, Harper was particularly pleased by his team's defensive play. Newman had two men over six foot four but the Crimson seldom let them get into scoring position. Harper had further reason to purr about the Newman game because he had to juggle the lineup early in the game when Hickey picked up three personal fouls inside of the first quarter. The team operated smoothly nevertheless and showed well under pressure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Hockey, Swim, Basketball Games Highlight Weekend | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

Third, all Council members should be well briefed on committee proposals before the Monday night meetings begin. Distributing plans and reports in advance would cut down on time the Council wastes mulling over small details; and would let the members form opinions in advance of the Council sessions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Out of the Slump | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...time at all she was being perfunctorily tossed into the drink by five bemused freshmen. Then, just in case the photographers missed the picture, Cotter rushed her into a dingy back room where the same freshmen hoisted her again and smiled. This time they didn't let...

Author: By Burton S. Glinn, | Title: Freshmen Cavort With Swim Star | 2/11/1949 | See Source »

...screen. All that shows up are dingy rooms, some standard modern dance routines that are supposed to be pagan rituals, several hooded cloak and dagger men, and Maria Montez. Unless you consider Maria Montez the most fascinating women who ever lived, which I do not, the Atlantic image falls let. Miss Montez carefully avoids any acting and just stares blankly like a hungry cow. She seeks charm by making her clothes from veils and by using a Spanish accent, but Jean Pierre Aumont triumphs completely in the battle of the accents, and all Maria has left are a few sexy...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/11/1949 | See Source »

...fortunate oversight on the part of the Arena management, called some 59 minutes of penalties on the two teams. Some of their calls were bistantly wrong, such as the center zone check called on Al Key in the second period, and others were questionable. Worst of all, they let the game get out of control midway in the second period. Either from dullness or myopia, they missed penalties, and the players, thus encouraged in their illegal methods, proceeded to reduce the game to a slugging match...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Trips B.U., 10-8, in Arena Brawl | 2/10/1949 | See Source »

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